Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1887-01-29


badly stgt them ali of again If we tried to
get neaRr. respectfully as the ground was
rather omen. we all aimed at thlS bull, anu al
my whi.gcrea word fired.
All thr shots took effect, and down he
went deal. Again the herd started on. but
unfortunately for them about hundred
Yards furher on was nullah, or dried wa
ter track, with steep banks, place very
much resembling the one the prince imperial
was killeI in Zululand. Into this the ele-
phants plunged, aud when we reached tie
edge we ound them struggling in wild con
fusion toget up the other bank, and filling
the air with their screams, and trumpetlng
as they pushed one another aside In their
selfish palic just like so many human De-
ings. Now was our opportunity, and hrlng
away as quick as we could load we killed
live of the poor beasts, and no doubt should
have bageed the whole herd had they not
suddenly given up their attempts to climb
the banH and rushed headlong down the
nulIah. We were too tired to follow them,
and perhaps also little sick of slaughter,
eight elephants being pretty good bag ft
one day.
So after we had rested little, and the
Kafirs had cut out the hearts of two OF the
dead elephants for supper, we started home
ward. very well pleased with ourselves, nav
ing madeup our minds to send the bearers
on the morrow to chop out the tuskS.
Shortly after we had passed the spot
where Good had wounded the patriarchal
bull we came across herd of Gland, but did
not shootat them, as we had already plenty
of meat. They trotted past us. AS Good
was anxious to get a near view OF them,
never having seen an Gland close, he handed
his rifle to Umbopa, and, followed by knlva'
strolled up to the patch of bush. We sal
down and waited for him, not sorry OF the
excuse for little rest.
The sun was just going down in its red
dest glory, and Sir Henry and were adj
miring the lovely scene, when suddenly we
heard an elephant scream, and saw its huge
and charging form with uplifted trunk and
tail silhouetted against the great red globe
of the sun. Next second we saw something
else. and that was Good and Khiva tearing
hack toward us with the wounded bull (tol
it was he) charging after them. For mo
ment we did not dare to fre-for fear Of
hitting one of them, and the next dreadful
thing happened-G Good fell victim to hi'
passion for civilized Dress Had he consent
ed to discard his trousers and CATERS as We
had. and hunt in flannel shirt and pair o.
yeldtschoons, it would have been all right
but as it was his trousers numbered him IL
that desperate race, and presently, when h'
was about sixty yards from us, his boot
polished by the dry grass, slipped, and dowI
he went on his face right in front OF tn
elephant. :,
We gave a gasp, for we knew he must die
and ran as hard as we could toward him
In three seconds it had ended, but not as w
thought. Khiva, the Zulu boy, had seen III
master fall, and brave lad that he was, ha'
turned and flung his assegai straight into Tn
elephants face. 1t stuck in his trunk.
With scream Of pain the brute seized tn
poor Zulu, hurled him to the earth, and plac
ing his huge foot on bis body about the mid
die. twined his trunk round his upper par
and tore him in two.
We rushed up mad with horror, and fire.
again and again, and presently the elephan
felI upon - fragments of the Zulu.
AS for aood, he got up and wrung hi
hands oyS the brave man who had given 81